Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 01:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 546 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 2059) 2GB CLim: 992 MHz, MLim: 1031 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 10.1 10% 12.1 fps	MRender 16.4 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 16.4 12% 15.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 312 310 312 310 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 422 Write 312 Mixed 277 SusWrite 310 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 22.6 94% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 135 113% 170 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 296GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.6 5.6 5.4 4.9 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 3.5 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 5.2 5% 6.82 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3466 C16 2x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3111 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-P Builds (Compare 4,250 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,152x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	936x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	538x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	555x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	539x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	197x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	166x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	131x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $667

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